International Film Festival Nyon (Visions du Réel) has announced changes to its personnel set-up for the 52nd edition running 15 to 25 April 2021, which includes new Selection Committee members, a restructuring of the international network and a reorganised Industry section.
In the Selection Committee, producer and programmer Violeta Bava (Argentina), programmer Javier Martín (Spain/France) and Swiss programmer Alice Riva join Emmanuel Chicon (France), who has been working in the film Selection Committee since 2009, and Rebecca De Pas (Italy/France/Czech Republic), who has been a member of the committee since 2019.
The Selection Committee is charged with choosing short, medium-length and feature-length films for the competitions and for the other festival sections. It is chaired by Emilie Bujès, Visions du Réel Artistic Director, who notes that film and project submissions are currently in full swing: “Despite the pandemic, we are currently seeing more film submissions than last year. This is very good news”. (See deadlines below)
To further enhance the festival network, Visions du Réel has hired new international correspondents. Bruni Burres (USA) will become programme consultant for North America, Ellie JO (South Korea) for Asia and Hicham Falah (Morocco) for the African continent. Together with Marina Drozdova (Russia), who has already been representing Visions du Réel in the Russian-speaking regions for many years, they will further anchor the festival in their respective world regions.
After many years successfully managing of the Industry department of Visions du Réel, Gudula Meinzolt has decided to hand over these tasks and dedicate more time to her work as a producer. Madeline Robert, who was a member of the festival’s Selection Committee from 2015 to 2020, succeeds her as Head of Industry, while Gudula Meinzolt will continue to accompany the festival as a Special Advisor.
“Behind us lies the equally successful and innovative online edition 2020, and ahead of us a festival edition in 2021 full of new challenges. We are preparing for this with new additions to our artistic team and the industry section. I am happy and proud to introduce new staff members who are as experienced as they are cosmopolitan. They complement an already very strong team and enable us to continue to develop the festival,” underlines Emilie Bujès.
Calls for submission
The second deadline for submission of films that will be finished by April 2021 is 22 December 2020. Film sections are:
International Feature Film Competition
Burning Lights International Competition
National Competition
International Medium Length and Short Film Competition
Opening Scenes
Grand Angle
Latitudes
In the Industry section, the deadlines for projects are 15 November and 22 December 2020, for:
Pitching du Réel: Visions du Réel’s international co-production forum for creative documentaries intended for theatrical distribution and TV broadcasting.
Docs in Progress, which presents about eight films in their finishing stage to industry toppers.
Rough Cut Lab, which invites four film teams, with a creative documentary at finishing stage, to present their rough cut to industry professionals in order to get specific feedbacks and advice.
